Easy Homemade Valentine’s Day Cards
By: Stephanie Boccarossa
Updated: December 23, 2010
Easy Homemade Valentine’s Day Cards
Whether you use construction paper or card stock,
the results will be charming and your child will be very proud. A perfect gift
for teachers, the babysitter, or even a best friend.
What you’ll need:
·
8.5 x 11 construction paper or card stock in various
colors and/or patterns
·
Valentine and/or heart stickers
·
Scissors
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Pinking shears (optional)
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Glue stick or white craft or school glue
·
Glitter (pink, red, white)
How to make it:
- Begin by cutting a
piece of construction paper or card stock into four equal pieces.
- Fold quartered
paper in half to make a card.
- For the easiest
version, appropriate for preschoolers, use stickers to decorate or cut out
hearts from a different color of construction paper or card stock to glue
onto your cards. Experiment with different patterns, florals look great
contrasted with stripes on a solid background.
- Younger children
love glitter! Use a bottle of glue to “draw” on a heart or phrase (such as
“Be Mine”). Sprinkle glue generously with pink, red or white glitter and
let dry over night. Tap off excess glitter when completely dry.
- For the older set,
let them use pinking sheers to cut out heart shapes and glue onto cards.
Again, use contrasting patterns and colors to create a charming design.
- Once glue is dry,
cards may curl up a little. Place cards between the pages of a heavy
cookbook or phone book and leave over night.
Tips:
Finding the perfect paper. Card stock is available
in literally hundreds of different designs. The scrap-booking aisle at your
local craft store has individual sheets or pads of various colors and patterns. These papers can get costly, watch for sales or purchase these papers
with other projects in mind as well. Construction paper is inexpensive and
children love it just as much.
Save on stickers. Discount department
stores, such as Wal-Mart and K-mart carry a large variety of stickers. You may
also want to check your local dollar store.
Source: crafts.kaboose.com
